Dreamliner flight Monday not part of battery certification testing

A 787 has taken off from Paine Field on the way to Moses Lake, but Boeing said the flight is not part of the company’s effort to certify the Dreamliner’s redesigned battery.

“The battery certification demonstration flight will take place in the coming days,” Marc Birtel, a Boeing spokesman, wrote in an emailed statement Monday.

“This is a routine test flight designed to address ongoing system upgrades to the airplane,” Birtel said in a statement.

The 787 was being flown on a two-hour flight south down the coast and east over to Moses Lake. It will return to Everett after a brief stop at Moses Lake. Information on the 787’s flight can be viewed on FlightAware.